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Beaux Freres Upper Terrace 2008
Elegant, refined and beautifully focused, layering its red cherry, black cherry, blueberry and currant fruit into a seamless package without tremendous weight. The finish picks up cream, chalk and distinctly mineral notes, and this just doesn't quit. Harmonious and complex. Drink now through 2020. 900 cases made. –HS 95 WS
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Bouchard Volnay Caillerets Ancienne Cuvee Carnot 2008
There's beautiful purity to the raspberry, black currant and violet aromas and flavors as this compelling red moves across the palate. There's depth and detail, with a long, fruit- and mineral-filled aftertaste. Best from 2012 through 2024. 300 cases imported. –BS Top 100 Spectator 2010
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Brewer Clifton Mt. Carmel Pinot Noir 2008
The power and honeyed notes of the 2008 Chardonnay Mount Carmel are dramatic. This plush, up-front style of Chardonnay from Brewer and Clifton often reminds me of a California version of a Batard-Montrachet. The wine is light gold in color, with notes of honeyed nuts intermixed with crushed rock, lemon butter, orange rind, and pear. Broad, savory,...
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Domaine de Montille Vosne-Romanee Les Malconsorts 2009
The 2009 Vosne-Romanee Les Malconsorts graces the palate with finesse and nuance to spare. Hints of graphite, spices and crushed rocks add complexity to the fruit, but this is ultimately a wine of texture above all else. Silky tannins frame the highly expressive finesse. The 2009 Malconsorts has really come together over the last six months. It is...
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Domaine Romanee Conti Echezeaux 2004
This is fragrant, evoking aromas of flowers and strawberries. Starts elegant and silky, with the structure soon becoming apparent. There's fine length, harmony and balance to this forward and approachable version.—Non-blind 2004 DRC tasting (February 2007). Best from 2009 through 2024. –BS Spectator
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Evening Land La Source Pinot Noir 2010
This red is remarkable for its array of vivid flavors on a sleek, airy frame, shading its juicy raspberry and cherry fruit with a streak of wet rock, crushed rose petal and white pepper, all of it put together seamlessly. The finish just doesn't quit. Drink now through 2020. 971 cases made. –HS 95 Spectator
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Failla Hirsch Vineyard Pinot Noir 2009
This is the well-run wine operation of long-time veteran winemaker, sidekick and assistant winemaker at Turley Cellars in Calistoga, Ehren Jordan, who produces cool climate reds
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Failla Keefer Ranch Pinot Noir 2010
This is the well-run wine operation of long-time veteran winemaker, sidekick and assistant winemaker at Turley Cellars in Calistoga, Ehren Jordan, who produces cool climate reds and whites
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Hundred Acre Cherry Pie Pinot Noir 2009
Delivers a ripe, fleshy, baked cherry-berry core of flavors, offset by anise, spice and sage, gaining depth and persistence. The name is apt. Drink now through 2020. 2,600 cases made. –JL 92 Spectator
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Loring Durell Vineyard Pinot Noir 2010
Impressive for its rich, expansive, deep layers of ripe fruit, offering portals into huckleberry, wild berry and boysenberry character, supported and framed by fresh acidity and minerally tannins, with a long, engaging finish. Drink now through 2021. 150 cases made. –JL 94
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Loring Wine Company Clos Pepe 2008
Smooth, supple and graceful, with fleshy plum, black cherry, wild berry and hints of spice and floral scents, gaining depth and richness on the finish, where the flavors fan out nicely. Drink now through 2016. 175 cases made. –JL 92 Spectator
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Loring Wine Company Garys' 2008
Gentle and supple-textured, yet firm and structured, with ripe plum, black cherry and wild berry fruit that offers a hint of anise and sage, gaining depth and nuance on the juicy finish. Drink now through 2016. 525 cases made. –JL 92 Spectator
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Marquis d'Angerville Volnay Clos des Ducs 2009
The 2009 Volnay Clos Des Ducs is the only wine in this lineup that is playing its cards close to the vest. Weightless yet powerful, the Clos des Ducs impresses for its striking balance and poise. There is so much going on in the glass its hard to know where to start. Floral notes meld into hints of licorice, sweet red cherries and mint in this...
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Martinelli Pinot Noir Lolita 2008
Aromas of caramelized oranges, white peaches and honeysuckle jump from the glass of this light greenish/gold-colored effort. More glycerin and unctuosity make this slightly more controversial given its thickness and richness. Nevertheless, there is zesty acidity and loads of weight and concentration. This is a classic California Chardonnay filled...
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Martinelli Pinot Noir Moonshine 2008
The 2008 Pinot Noir Moonshine Ranch reveals an evolved garnet/ruby color as well as a bouquet of ripe apple skins, plums, sweet cherries and macerated strawberries. The most alcoholic of these Pinots, it offers hints of sassafras and beet root vegetables in its lusty, heady personality. It will undoubtedly be a “love it or leave it” example of...
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Morlet En Famille Pinot Noir 2008
The 2008 Pinot Noir En Famille reveals sweeter forest floor notes intermixed with plum sauce, pomegranate, black currants and spring flowers. A more complex, richer effort than the Coteaux Nobles, it should drink well for 6-10+ years.
The Pinot Noirs, which tend to come from suitcase clones taken from several of the most famous vineyards in...
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Patricia Green Whistling Ridge 2010
Veteran vigneron Patricia (Patty) Green was the original winemaker at Torii Mor before purchasing the old Autumn Wind Winery in 2000 along with partner Jim Anderson and renaming it Patricia Green Cellars. Current production stands at 10,000 cases with distribution in 20 states. All of the Patricia Green wines are fermented naturally, see about...
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Paul Hobbs Lindsay Pinot Noir 2007
The 2007 Pinot Noir Lindsay Estate exhibits a distinctive nose of chocolate, cocoa, black cherries, plums, earth, and pomegranate. Displaying terrific fruit as well as an expansive, full-bodied mouthfeel, the wine has filled out considerably since last year. 94 Advocate
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Peter Michael Pinot Noir Ma Danseuse 2010
The 2010 Pinot Noir Ma Danseuse PMW Estate is a big, rich wine endowed with tremendous concentration and richness in its dark red cherries, flowers, mint and spices. The intensity of the fruit carries through to the muscular, powerful finish. There is plenty of depth here, but not the sense of refinement I associate with the very finest Peter...
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Red Car Dreamland Pinot Noir 2008
On the tart side of ripeness, featuring sour berry, cherry, mineral and spice. This is full-bodied, a bit simpler from the midpalate on, but then gains some nuance on the finish. Drink now through 2016. 162 cases made. –JL
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Red Car Heaven & Earth Pinot Noir 2008
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